best man

noun

: the principal groomsman at a wedding

Examples of best man in a Sentence

The groom asked his brother to be his best man and the bride asked her sister to be her maid of honor.

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His best man was Russ Taufa of Seattle and his attendants were his brother, Jason Lear, and Luke Taufa and Dr. Colin Behl, all of Seattle; Chad Smith of Jersey City, N.J.; Jordon Lewis of Scottsdale, Ariz.; and Kirt Thomas of Little Rock. —

Cary Jenkins, arkansasonline.com, 4 Nov. 2024 Meyers is now preparing for an Oct. 12 wedding with his fiancé, in which he’s asked Hill to be his best man. —

Greg Norman, Fox News, 11 Sep. 2024 The show also changes best man Shooter Uxley to Shooter Dival (Ishaan Khatter) and Winbury-housekeeper Elida to Gosia (Irina Dubova). —

Jordana Comiter, Peoplemag, 10 Sep. 2024 One of Erb's 10 siblings, his twin brother Aaron — who was a contestant on the latest season of The Bachelorette — served as best man. —

Erin Clack, People.com, 9 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for best man